Summary:
A Plano vet confirmed two cases in the past two weeks of a deadly disease called Leptospirosis. It can affect humans and animals, and the cause of the disease is by rats and rodents. Dr. Shawn Messonier has been a vet for 30 years, and he has only seen a handful of these cases. It is so rare that the disease cannot be tracked. In the last two weeks, two dogs have died from the disease. Both dogs affected by the disease could not be saved because the owners waited too long to bring the pets in. Some symptoms are diarrhea, loss of appetite, and lethargy. The word is being spread around; if you see any serious abnormal behavior in your pets, bring them to the vet!
Analysis/Synthesis:
This article was published by Homa Bash on October 18th, 2016, on NBC DFW. This website is considered very trustworthy information, so anyone who reads the article will be very cautious with their pets. My brother, who is in college, sent me this article last week, warning me to keep our pets safe. If he lives in California and found out about this article, I can imagine that many people are aware of this disease. I can synthesize to this to the Lyme disease many dogs experience. It is a tick-transmitted disease that starts with symptoms similar to Leptospirosis. I hope this article will keep all pet owners more aware of the rodents and rats around their houses. I would hate for anybody to go through seeing their animals in pain.
Source:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Plano-Vet-Warns-of-Deadly-Disease-After-Two-Dogs-Die-397494721.html
I hope they can resolve this before things get worse!
ReplyDeleteI hope they figure out a solution before things get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteIt's so scary that a disease can be spread through something that we have little to no control of, and I hope that they can figure out ways to prevent this from recurring in the future.
ReplyDeleteI hope that they can figure this out because this is scary.
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